Tag: SophieLamTravel

• An Indian Odyssey – Sacred Cities

  

  In autumn 2014 I spent a month in northern India on an itinerary that took me via trains, planes and automobiles from Delhi to McLeod Ganj, Rishikesh, Varanasi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Haripur, Jawai, northern Goa and Mumbai.

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  November 30, 2014

  Travel

  Agra, Beatles ashram, Bhagsu, Dalai Lama, Dharamkot, Ganga puja, Ganges, Goa, Haripur, Himalayas, Hindu ceremonies, Independent travel, India, Indian Railways, Little Tibet, McLeod Ganj, Norbulingka Institute, Rishikesh, Sarnath, SophieLamTravel, travel, Varanasi

• Arabian sands… but mostly mountains

  

  I recently visited the Middle East for the first time

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  June 11, 2014

  Travel

  Alila hotels, Arabian Sands, Bahla, Hajar mountains, Independent on Sunday, Jabal Akhdar, Jebel Akhdar, luxury travel, Nizwa, Oman, SophieLamTravel, the independent

• Port of call

  

  On a recent visit to Porto, I hopped over the Douro to the neighbouring city of Vila Nova de Gaia whose smart riverfront is defined by port money.

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  April 23, 2014

  Food & Drink, Travel

  Blandy’s, Cockburn’s, Dow’s, Graham’s port, port, port lodges, Porto, Portugal, Sandeman, SophieLamTravel, Vila Nova de Gaia, Warre’s

• A Somerset sojourn

  

  Last month I spent a glorious weekend in sodden Somerset, which at time time was still knee-deep in flood-water in some places.

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  March 26, 2014

  Food & Drink, Hotels, Travel

  Amber Heard, At the Chapel, Babington House, Bruton, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Johnny Depp, Kilver Court, Mr & Mrs Smith, Mulberry Factory Shop, Red Lion Inn Babcary, Somerset, SophieLamTravel, The Pig near Bath, The White Hart Somerton